Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA · Private · Large suburb · CDU
Private institution in Los Angeles, CA · 233 undergraduates · 39% acceptance rate · $83,438 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 6%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 10%Acceptance rate
- Top 12%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $27,7891,640th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,9331,088th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,933787th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,9731,072nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,750517th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $83,438110th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,939231st highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 50.0%1,147th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 78.6%755th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 38.8%164th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2331,848th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 4.0:136th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 31.3%1,128th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 10 mi (LAX)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Public HealthHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitecdrewu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 111966)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
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